I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 104 Tenth Level
"Is the ancestor going to transform from a dragon into a dragon?" Zhang Xiaohua's eyes lit up when she heard this, and a hint of anticipation appeared in her eyes.

The steward at the side frowned and glanced at Zhang Xiaohua who was full of expectation. He felt a little uneasy in his heart, because the strange phenomenon of heaven and earth in front of him seemed a little abnormal?
Whose dragon-like form looks like this?

In the underground cave, accompanied by the increasingly loud dragon roar, the crystal coffin slowly began to open, as if there was a great force in the dark, pushing the coffin board down. Then a terrifying dragon power burst out, and a monster slowly crawled out of the coffin.

The monster had a human body and a fish tail, and its body was covered with scales. Its limbs had turned into dragon claws that flashed with cold light, and blue electric lights flashed between the scales.

Only one face still retained its human form, but it looked a little dull.

"You two bastards have ruined my plan of transforming from a dragon to a dragon. I will make you pay with your lives!" Zhang Shicheng roared, suddenly soared into the air, wrapped in green lightning, and pounced straight at the two of them.

"Oh no! This guy is not even at the ninth level, he has already entered the tenth level!" Xie Xuan looked at Zhang Shicheng, who was full of vigor and momentum, and his face changed. He quickly retreated:

"Hurry! We are no match for him underwater. Get out quickly and use the army to kill him!"

Elder Wu of Huang Tiandao also saw that the situation was not good, so he rushed out without saying a word and followed closely behind Zhang Shicheng.

"Escape? Can you escape?" Zhang Shicheng sneered, and chased after them with the sound of a dragon's roar and green lightning. In an instant, the two sides fought in a ball, and the Crystal Palace kept shaking and cracking.

"Interesting." The ice that wrapped around Zhang Chen melted, and Zhang Chen emerged from the ice. He looked at the experience points dropped by Zhang Shicheng and quickly stepped forward to pick them up:

[Experience value +53000]

"As expected of a rank 10 being, any item dropped from it is enough for me to reap a bountiful harvest." After collecting the experience points, Zhang Chen summoned the spirit of the fox spirit and said, "Go and explore the Crystal Palace quickly to see if there are any other good things inside."

The vixen did not move, but looked at Zhang Chen as if he were an idiot: "Who discovered this crystal palace first?"

"It must be the Prince of Pingbian's Palace." Zhang Chen said without thinking.

"If the Pingbian Palace was the first to discover the Crystal Palace, hundreds of years later, would they leave the benefits to you? I'm afraid all the goodies in the Chunting Lake Dragon Palace have been taken away by the Pingbian Palace. How could it be your turn?" Fox Fairy Nannan's eyes began to light up when she said this: "If you want to plunder the Crystal Palace, you might as well plunder the Pingbian Palace. The Pingbian Palace has inherited an entire Dragon Palace, and its background is not simple!"

"Pingbian Palace?" Zhang Chen's eyes showed a hint of excitement. "When I become powerful, of course I will go to Pingbian Palace. I have the fate of a true dragon. Logically speaking, everything in the Dragon Palace and Water Palace should be my inheritance. Now it has been moved away by Pingbian Palace. It's really hateful. Pingbian Palace's thief's method is really disgusting!"

The fox fairy Nannan rolled her eyes secretly upon hearing this, and slandered in her heart: "You hadn't obtained the True Dragon Fate at that time, so how could it be your inheritance? You should thank me for obtaining the inheritance! If I hadn't helped you obtain the True Dragon Fate, would you have the good fortune you have today?"

But thinking about the various unpleasant things that had happened between herself and Zhang Chen during this period, the fox fairy Nannan still felt that she should not bring up the past, so as not to irritate a man's weak nerves.

"What are you going to do now? When are you going to take action? There are two ninth-level beings watching us now. It's not easy to get something out of the fire." The fox fairy Nannan wisely changed the subject.

"Now Zhang Shicheng is preparing to transform from a dragon into a dragon. He will definitely have a fight to the death with those two ninth-level powerhouses. When Zhang Shicheng severely injures the two ninth-level beings and is about to succeed in transforming into a dragon, I will reveal my true dragon destiny. Do you think Zhang Shicheng will give up transforming into a dragon after realizing his true dragon destiny, but will return to me to seize my true dragon destiny and try to transform into a real dragon? By that time, he will be almost complete in transforming into a dragon, with extremely refined blood. I will then extract his soul and devour the blood from the dragon corpse in front of his eyes. What do you think?" Zhang Chen looked at the vixen.

"How mean you are! If Zhang Shicheng knew your plan, he would be mad. But your soul-snatching technique only works for three days. Once three days are over, it will be easy for the other party to hunt you down with his soul at the Yang God realm. I'm afraid you won't be able to escape by then." There was a hint of worry in the fox fairy Nannan's eyes.

Zhang Chen certainly knew his own strengths and weaknesses, and that the existence of the ninth-order Yang God was definitely not something he could deal with.

But aren’t there two more victims out there?
If he took down Zhang Shicheng's body, he didn't believe that the two ninth-level beings would let Zhang Shicheng's soul go! The two sides have been fighting to the death, and have forged a life-and-death feud. Once a Yangshen realm being takes over another body and reincarnates, it won't take long for them to be resurrected. How could the two of them leave such a big trouble for themselves?

What's more, Zhang Shicheng's soul has returned to his body, and his strength has reached the tenth level, which is probably not comparable to the ordinary ninth level.

"That Xie Xuan is the genius I told you about. He once entered into a state of meditation in the Great Compassion Temple. There has been no news about him for more than 20 years. I thought he was in seclusion in the Great Compassion Temple, but I didn't expect that he would defect to the imperial court and become the head of the Northern Inspection Office. If you can defect to him, your future will be bright." said the fox fairy Nannan.

"It's actually him?" Zhang Chen was surprised when he heard that. He personally observed the visualization diagram and realized how difficult it was to get into the door. But Xie Xuan actually entered into meditation directly at one glance. How talented must his talent be?
"It's probably impossible for me to surrender to Xie Xuan. I'm about to take action on Zhang Shicheng's physical body. How can I hide this from Xie Xuan? By then, he might want to kill people and steal treasures to get the secrets on me. I can't take the risk. I'd better fake my death and then go back quietly to dig up the tomb of my imperial daughter." Zhang Chen rejected the vixen's suggestion.

The fox spirit was silent after hearing this, and had to admit that what Zhang Chen said made sense. You must know that you can know a person's face but not his heart. Although Xie Xuan is famous all over the world, I am afraid that only those close to him know what kind of person he is.

Thoughts flashed through Zhang Chen's mind as he injected the light of the righteous god into the ice mask on his face. His next move would surely be earth-shattering. If anyone discovered his true identity, he would be hunted down and killed.

At this time, there were explosions in the underground palace. The crystal palace was shaking. Xie Xuan's voice was heard cursing: "Evil creature, your calamity is approaching. You don't go outside to welcome it, but actually waste your energy here with us. Aren't you afraid that your calamity will fail?"

"Haha, do you think I don't know? There are tens of thousands of troops outside. If I dare to go outside, I will definitely become a fish on your chopping board. Do you think I'm a fool?" Zhang Shicheng's voice was full of mockery.

“But how can you transform into a dragon without going through the thunder tribulation?” Elder Wu of Huang Tiandao's voice was full of surprise.

"Haha, how much do you two mortals know about the secret of the dragon-transforming movement? I, the ancestor, of course, have my own intentions in doing this." Zhang Shicheng ignored them and continued to chase them. At this time, Zhang Shicheng's soul returned to his body, and his strength had reached the tenth level. Green lightning flashed around his body, so Xie Xuan and Elder Wu of the Taiping Dao did not dare to resist and could only dodge in embarrassment.

"I don't believe it. He can transform into a dragon without going through the baptism of thunder. Let's delay it. I want to see who will collapse first." Elder Wu's voice was full of ruthlessness.

As he was speaking, a thumb-thick green lightning bolt struck directly towards Elder Wu. The mud and rocks around Elder Wu flowed in front of him like water, forming dozens of defenses in an instant. However, the mud wall was like paper and was directly shattered by the green lightning. Frightened, he did not dare to hesitate and fled deeper into the Crystal Palace.

Xie Xuan looked at the two people, one chasing and the other fleeing, and had no choice but to follow closely behind to help Elder Wu relieve the pressure. Zhang Shicheng was now terribly strong, and if he was not careful, both he and Elder Wu would fall, so the two must not be separated at this time.

Zhang Chen stood in the Crystal Palace, listening to the explosions coming from the Crystal Palace, with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "Why is Zhang Shicheng running around underground instead of turning into a dragon?"

Zhang Chen said to the vixen, "Go gather intelligence and report to me anytime."

"No need to get information, I already know the reason." The fox spirit thought: "Could it be that he did not transform into an ordinary dragon, but into Taotie, one of the nine sons of the dragon?"

"What do you mean?" Zhang Chen asked curiously.

"Taotie has the blood of a true dragon. He can evolve by devouring everything. As long as he has enough natural treasures, he can keep upgrading and make his blood infinitely close to that of a true dragon. Of course, he doesn't need to take risks." said the fox fairy Nannan.

"Taotie? If that's the case, then I want to wait for the other party to pass the tribulation and refine his bloodline, and then go to take his soul when his bloodline is half evolved. Isn't that impossible?" Zhang Chen thought thoughtfully.

"He must be a Taotie bloodline that can evolve infinitely! Otherwise, the ninth level is the ninth level, how can the Yang God be the ninth level, and the Yang God return to the physical body to the tenth level? That's because even without the thunder tribulation, his physical body can evolve, because he swallowed the fortune in the Dragon Palace, so he evolved to the tenth level. And the reason why he chased Xie Xuan and the cultivator of Huang Tiandao is probably not because he was hated, but because he wanted to devour the two of them. He may have a chance to break through to the eleventh level. Once he breaks through to the eleventh level, even if he doesn't evolve to the twelfth level of the True Dragon, he will be invincible in the world. Who can compete with him then?"

Fox Fairy Nannan was furious when she said this: "I'm afraid that all of us have underestimated Zhang Shicheng. This guy actually got the chance and took the Taotie route, so he was able to improve his strength to the tenth level before he became a dragon. His bloodline has already undergone a transformation! It's time for us to take action! Once he evolves to the eleventh level, we won't have any chance of resistance. Even if we have Xie Xuan and Elder Wu, facing an eleventh-level existence, we will have no choice but to die."

"Now I finally understand why your True Dragon Fate would be afraid of the other party, because the other party is a Taotie, a Taotie who swallows everything! The True Dragon Fate can also devour." said the fox fairy Nannan.

Zhang Chen was shocked when he heard this. He suddenly felt fortunate that this vixen became his pet instead of being killed by him. Otherwise, how could he know so many secrets at the critical moment?

"So I'm going to lure him back now?" Zhang Chen said.

“There’s a world of difference between the tenth level and the ninth level. Xie Xuan and that old guy Huang Tiandao won’t be able to hold out for long in his hands. Once he swallows them both, it will bring you even greater troubles.” said the fox fairy Nannan.

Zhang Chen's scalp tingled when he heard this, and without saying anything, he directly activated the true dragon destiny in his soul.

Over there, Zhang Shicheng was chasing Xie Xuan and Elder Wu. The fox fairy Nannan did not lie. There was indeed a huge difference between the tenth level and the ninth level. Facing Zhang Shicheng, Xie Xuan and Elder Wu could only flee. They could not even defend themselves. They were simply crushed in an overwhelming manner.

But even when they were running away, the two were in an extremely miserable state and were almost forced into a situation where there was no escape.

"Find an opportunity to escape to the ground and use the army to surround and kill them!" Xie Xuan said to Elder Wu.

"If I could escape back to the ground, would I need your reminder? I don't know what tricks that guy used. The entire rock layer of the earth was exerted with strange power. It is impossible to penetrate and escape at all." Elder Wu's voice was anxious: "I came here to eat dragon meat to prolong my life. I didn't expect that I would be eaten by a dragon today."

Xie Xuan ignored Elder Wu's swearing, and while fleeing, he thought about how to break the impasse: "We must find a way to break the Feng Shui formation here. After breaking the Feng Shui formation, the water luck will definitely backfire, and we may still have a chance."

As they were talking, a dragon roared, and then a green flame came from the rear passage. The rocks were melted into magma wherever the flame passed, and the lake water turned into terrifying steam, rushing towards the two of them in a mighty force.

The two of them quickly activated their special powers and mobilized rocks to turn into earth walls to resist, but facing the fierce flames, they were no match for the fierce flames.

Just as the two of them had no way to go up to the sky or down to the earth, the dragon roar suddenly stopped, and then Zhang Shicheng's breath quickly faded away.

At this time, the two of them stopped what they were doing, looking at each other in bewilderment.

"He was about to succeed in killing us, why did he suddenly stop chasing us?" Elder Wu muttered with lingering fear.

"Something is going on! Either he can't bear the trend of water transport and it has started to backfire, or this guy has a problem with his transformation and can't take care of us anymore. No matter which situation it is, it seems that there is a lot to be done." Xie Xuan muttered, then looked at Elder Wu opposite: "Are you going or not?"

"We only have about three to five years left to live. If we don't fight now, when will we fight?" said Elder Wu.

(End of this chapter)